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is JTA's former associate editor.

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• Tall Jew will rap for you

  August 27, 2013 9:55am

  Walking through Union Square last night, I came across this guy with a sign I couldn’t resist: 6’7″ Jew will rap for you.

• Why you should quit Facebook

  August 23, 2013 8:11am

  Shimi Cohen shows why social networks are killing us.

• House call from the doctor of soul

  August 22, 2013 3:41pm

  The new Shlomo Carlebach musical glosses over history, but sure is nice to listen to.

• JTA 5773: Top 10 Rosh Hashondas

  August 22, 2013 12:03pm

  JTA rounds up the top Jewish stories that made us cringe in 5773.

• Warsaw Uprising, scored and in color

  August 20, 2013 1:56pm

  The Warsaw Rising museum added color and sound to archival footage that it plans to release as a feature film in cinemas in Poland and abroad next year.

• Ban in Jerusalem (UPDATED)

  August 19, 2013 11:18am

  The secretary-general of the United Nations made a rare acknowledgment that the organization over which he presides does not always treat Israel fairly.

• Prisoner blowback

  August 16, 2013 10:33am

  With the first wave of Palestinian prisoners released this week, criticism of the move is mounting.

• Who Israel released

  August 14, 2013 3:11pm

  Israel has released a list of the 26 prisoners freed yesterday, including their crimes and prison sentences.

• A short history of Jewish intermarriage

  August 8, 2013 2:16pm

  Jews have been concerned about their future in a nation where intermarriage is common for decades.

• VIDEO: Israelis, get out or you’re dead

  August 6, 2013 9:59am

  A speaker at a Toronto rally said Israelis should be given two minutes to leave Jerusalem or be shot.